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See, now we have placed upon you our valued things — panapisan, 

 jackets, trousers, woven necklaces, gold kamagi, textiles, kampilan, 

 spears — because, from this time on we want to get rich. Now. 

 Sonaran, that we have put our gifts here upon you, you must 

 save us from sickness." Then lie stirred the liquor in this bowl 

 three times with the spray of manangid. Finally, he touched 

 the rim of the third bowl, as he offered it to the great war-god, 

 with these words. "Now you, Mandarangan, this third bowl is for 

 you. because we are again holding our Ginum. We ask you to 

 taste this balabba, and to drink it all, then the rest of us will 

 drink." Having said this, he stirred the balabba in the third 

 bowl three times, with the same spray. The fourth bowl, unless 

 some detail escaped my observation, was not dedicated to any 

 deity, nor were any prayers said over it. At the close of the 

 office, Oleng gave the spray of manangid to Ido, who put it in 

 his hair. 



Oleng spoke to the gods in a conversational tone, and was some- 

 times prompted by Datu Yting when he forgot a word of the for- 

 mula. Ido gave vent to a few explosive groans while Oleng was 

 j naving, for he thirsted to begin sipping the sweet balabba. 



At the conclusion of the devotions, the three datu, Oleng, Ido 

 and Yting, drank from the bowls, and afterwards the rest of the 

 people. My impression is that they drank from all four bowls, but 

 this item escaped me. Ido gave his own cup to me tit use individ- 

 ually, and offered to refill it when empty, but the large bowls 

 were passed about, from hand to hand, among all the company. 



When we had finished drinking, Malik took up the foil]' new 

 tambara and fastened them to the wall, or to some house-pillar. 

 Ido began returning the objects from the agongs to their respective 

 owners, and called out their names if there was delay in claiming 

 the articles. I saw one man gird on his kampilan as soon as Ido 

 returned if. but, in general, the people laid the smaller articles in 

 the tambara, and put larger objects in a wide scarf {salugboy) 

 hanging close to the tambara. Here they must remain for at least 

 one night, and afterwards be retained always in the possession of 

 the individuals who offered them. At last, the three agongs were 

 hung up in their former places, and a tap-tap on a large agong, 

 nine times repeated, announced the end of tin' Sonar. A pile of 

 swords still lay on the floor, and were picked up after the tap-tap 

 had sounded. Last of all. the agong containing the water and 



